RE: [semi-ot, SG] cutting edge technology and 25mm pigeons

G'day,

> Aw, come on.. I KNOW we don't still use them for messaging on 
> the boat!! I am an IT for crying out load.. 

I suddenly got an image of a line of pigeons fluttering along behind a
boat
holding a serious of trailing blue cables up off the ocean so they don't
get
wet ;)

> And it is a falacy that the meat isn't all chicken
> on cruise... it is just that you lose your taste 
> buds after the first three months and everything tastes like 
> it COULD be a pigeon!! :-)

It just makes me shiver wondering what space navies will be saying along
those lines in centuries to come ;)

> (What the heck is a meat pigeon?)

Very heavy set pigeon bred for meat not its ability to fly... which in
extreme cases they now can't. 

> Actually, I have heard this from another source, so I am 
> pretty sure it is valid, I just didn't give it any thought then.

Well at least my imagination grabbing on to this hasn't made a complete
fool
of me ;)

Thanks

Beth